Vascular Reporting Package

We are looking into changing our reporting system,
What do you use? Have you seen or heard of anything for vascular?
Does anyone use a computer package that incorporates images to a report? that can be stored to a hard disk?
We would like to keep pictures that we can annotate rather than revert to text only reports.


Thanks!
Jenny

Hi Jenny

We type our reports into a Word template which has a relevant arterial/venous diagram already on it. Once printed we draw on the disease and our Secretary then scans the report into our electronic medical records (eMR). This means that the report (which includes text and a diagram on one page) is available electronically throughout the whole Trust. It is a bit of a bind having to print off the report and then draw on the disease but, having used a package where the mouse is used to draw on the disease, I find that drawing it by hand is actually easier and more accurate.

In order to scan our reports into eMR we had to purchase a scanner (which didn't cost too much), Adobe Writer software (which didn't cost too much) and we had to pay a small set-up fee to the providers of our eMR software. I don't have the figures to hand but could look them up if you need to know. We got this set up in October 06 so figures may be slightly out of date.

If you want me to send you the templates we use I would be more than happy to do so. My e-mail is sarah.hayns@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes.

Sarah

PS Sorry about replying late. I've not logged on for several weeks!